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APPENDIX E. LIST OF ADOPTED TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Combined station
– a station that can be used, both as a parking and as a technological
one, depending on the configuration of the Stainer. The FS-9-25 has combined stations
No. 3 to 9.
CL
- combustible liquids.
Display, control and programming unit
(further –
Control unit
)
–
a microprocessor-
based device for indication, control, and programming, equipped with a touch screen.
Drying station, Dryer
– a station equipped with an air electric heater and a fan. The
drying station is intended for the drying of slides while executing a
technological
program.
HFL
- highly flammable liquids.
Manipulator
– a device in the working chamber of the Stainer intended for moving the
racks with slides along a given trajectory and according to a selected technological
program. A manipulator includes a circular-motion carriage with a drive; an arm with a
drive, which lifts, lowers and tilts the racks; a grab on the arm, which picks up and fixes the
handle of the rack.
Parking station
– a combined station intended for placing a rack with untreated slides; a
rack can temporarily be stationed at the parking station while carrying out a sequence of
technological operations
; a rack is returned to the parking station at the end of a
technological program
.
PIN
– personal identification number.
Rack
– a stainless steel holder for slides with a handle.
Stainer
–
an
automated programmable slide stainer “Fastainer-9-25” (“FS-9-25”).
Station –
a sector on the working table intended for the placement of
troughs
and
racks
.
Station with a flow-through trough
– a trough located on the working table, connected to
the water supply system to provide washing or time-exposure of slides in tap water.
Trough
–
a vessel for reagents intended for placement and positioning of the
rack
during
the execution of
the technological operation
.